Example Sentences

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Gorbachev is not so eager to reach an agreement with the U.S. that he will compromise Soviet security interests, nor so keen for perestroika that he will stint on defense.

From Time Magazine Archive

We will stint our words; He may espy my presence, and my plan Of capturing him be ruined utterly.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin

We will gather in rich harvests, but will stint ourselves to the bare necessities of life, that our troops may be fed and clothed.

From Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession by Wood, Benjamin